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Rocky Mount, NC vs Mooresville, NC

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- Mooresville spends 2.7% more per student than Rocky Mount.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Mooresville than in Rocky Mount. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mooresville had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rocky Mount
 Rocky Mount, NCMooresville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,115$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,516  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,507$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor385  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Rocky Mount    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Anarchy. Not a good place to live. People drag race up and down the roads at all hours when elderly relatives and neighbors are trying to sleep, and the police here do  More

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Okay, I'm writing this review because I use this site a lot. I think there's some mis-information about Rocky Mount here. Truth be made known, it is neither as good, nor  More

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Over 14 years ago

I move from Washington DC to rocky mount nc nov2008 and I sold my home in Dc and brought a home in rockymount cash money.But Know ready to leave should I hold on to this  More

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Reviews for Mooresville    19 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for a while, it has everything you need. But 150 traffics  More

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Over 6 years ago

It's a nice town but all the jobs are either service industry or manufacturers that don't pay well. If you're single and make less than 50,000 a year good luck finding  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, Moving back to NC to the Moorseville area. Am so excited . I am not from this area . so not familiar with area. So any insite would be greatly appericate. I to go  More

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